alfa-gha

Irish

Etymology

From alfa (“alpha”) +‎ ga (“ray”).

Noun

alfa-gha m (genitive singular alfa-gha, nominative plural alfa-ghathanna)

1. (physics) alpha ray

Declension

Declension of alfa-gha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative alfa-gha alfa-ghathanna Vocative a alfa-gha a alfa-ghathanna Genitive alfa-gha alfa-ghathanna Dative alfa-gha alfa-ghathanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alfa-gha na halfa-ghathanna Genitive an alfa-gha na n-alfa-ghathanna Dative leis an alfa-gha don alfa-gha leis na halfa-ghathanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alfa-gha	n-alfa-gha	halfa-gha	t-alfa-gha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alfa-gha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN